[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44280905/fc9b0f590c1e7b7715df0e76b27a1ebef7e88a92.jpg[/img] [h3]Happy new year everyone![/h3] In this blog, we would like to take a moment to look back on the crazy year The Wild Gentlemen studio had in 2023. We have been quiet for a little while, but then in 2023 to the surprise of many, we announced our new game - [b]Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! [/b]- with this cinematic trailer. In the trailer [b]Kerry Shale returns as Sonny Featherland[/b], the chicken detective who cannot help but narrate all the events in noir style. [previewyoutube=Alt5JsimUbY;full]VIDEO LINK[/previewyoutube] Of course, a lot of things already happened before we could release this trailer. In order to even start working on a new game, we had to find the right partner to team up with. And this we did! We partnered up with [b]Joystick Ventures[/b]. They have published a lot of hit games before, including the fantastic [b]Lost In Play[/b]. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328840/Lost_in_Play/ Shortly after we announced [b]Chicken Police: Into the HIVE![/b], we were present at [b]Gamescom 2023[/b] to show off the first demo. - spoiler alert: players loved it! - After this success we did the same at [b]PAX[/b], a whole new audience was immersed in the Clawville filth. Needless to say, they loved what they saw. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44280905/f2b932464452c5152e535b930e12c5b0d5735328.jpg[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44280905/d2a8ff9a2bb482c29433b4742c43d5b3cec2a047.jpg[/img] Not long after those events, we released our first [b]Gameplay Trailer for Into the HIVE![/b] [previewyoutube=lCGPFs1mL9o;full]TRAILER 2[/previewyoutube] Of course, most of our time this year has been spent working feverishly on the game: creating the backgrounds, the characters, the voice-overs (just as our last installment, this game will have a 100% voice-over), the minigames, and last but not least, the story itself. Because of all of this hard work you guys won't have to wait too long for the release. We can already announce that [b]the game will be released in 2024! [/b](Cluck-Yes!) [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44280905/7ea22ad95dc00514c0d92aa43c34561d6891627f.jpg[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44280905/99a4d9d3c635493662eb9f66fd54d1228fa85507.jpg[/img] [h3]But there was one more surprise this year... [/h3] And that surprise was [b]Zipp's Café[/b]. The game was announced halfway through October, and then the game was released very soon after in November! [previewyoutube=EJSVCtOFA3I;full][/previewyoutube] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812180/Zipps_Caf/ Zipp's Café is not only a standalone story in the [b]World of Wilderness[/b], but also a bridge between Chicken Police: Paint it RED! and Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!. You don't need to play the game to understand the story of the upcoming Chicken Police sequel, but it certainly adds an interesting and exciting twist to it. It further deepens the [b]World of Wilderness[/b] and all its lively characters. [h3]And what can we expect in 2024? [/h3] The release of Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! will be the big bang of the year for us. But we do have a couple of other upcoming [i](super secret!!!)[/i] announcements which we are preparing for. Just to give a small clue... [i]the World of Wilderness continues to expand...[/i] Have a fantastic year, be good to each other, be together a lot and play a lot! Be cluckin' awesome! [i]The Wild Gentlemen team[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44280905/eb6cd6d05504d9b291f7e38c3e0752c9a7611f4c.jpg[/img]